Broom-holder



(No Model.)

- 'N. H. LONG.

BROOM HOLDER. No. 325,682. Patented Sept. 8, 1885.

UNITED STATES ATENT Fries,

NATHAN H. LONG, OF MUNCIE, INDIANA.

BROOM-HOLDER. n

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,682, dated September 8, 1885,

(No model.)

T 0 ca whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN H. Lone, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Broom- Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of broomholders which hold brooms in a perpendicular position by the handle being pressed between double wire jaws; and the object of my invention is to construct a cheap and durable device for holding brooms, &c. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my invention as ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a View looking down on a holder.

Similarletters refer tosi milar parts throughout each View.

My invention consists of a single piece of wire bent in a shape substantially as shown in the drawings.

The wire is first bent at a, forming a loop or a receptacle for a screw. It is then bent in opposite directions at b, and the parts from a to 0 form the back of the holder, which is held firmly against the wall by a screw. The wireis then bent at c outward and back, and from under and between b c it is bent outward again, as shown at f, g, and i in Fig. 1.

As thus constructed the holder is secured to the wall by a screw in a horizontal position, and the broom-handle is pressed between the jaws cc, (in the direction indicated by the arrow.) which have an inward pressure when spread apart (as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2) suificient to hold the broom in a perpendicular position.

The prongs i are adapted to receive other articles that it may be desirable to hang on them, so that the holder may be of general use, and be neat and ornamental.

Having thus described my invention, I claim the following, and desire to secure the same by Letters Patent:

A broom-holder consisting of a piece of wire bent at a, b, c, d, f, and g, forming a holder, substantially as shown and described.

NATHAN H. LONG.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. E. A DAMSON, E. E. POLK. 

